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M.Ed. in Elementary Education: Teaching and Transforming Advanced and Gifted Education Concentration

This program’s accelerated options and practical emphasis on teaching and transforming gifted education offer educators an opportunity to make an immediate impact. 

Through the program’s courses, students acquire skills, knowledge, and research for teaching, mentoring, and leadership in advanced/gifted education. Students complete courses in areas such as emerging frameworks for gifted education, leadership in gifted education, creative teaching and learning, contextual factors in advanced/gifted education, curriculum depth and complexity, mentoring, and more. An elective course offers students an opportunity to explore an additional area of interest. 

Program graduates are well-prepared for a variety of career opportunities, such as advanced/gifted education specialist; advanced/gifted education coordinator; advanced-learning instructional coach; and classroom teacher with enhanced skills for nurturing the creativity and talents of all students. 

  • 30 credit hours
  • Fully online, 8-week classes
  • Start in any of the 8-week terms 
  • Complete in two years (standard pace), or as quickly as one year (accelerated pace)
  • One-of-a-kind curriculum not found anywhere else
  • Includes current issues and trends in the field 
  • Flexible part-time or full-time study options

Courses

  • 1) CI 5308 Emerging Frameworks in Gifted and Talented Education
  • 2) CI 5383 Mentoring Across the Life Span
  • 3) CI 5359 Curriculum for Rigor, Depth, and Complexity
  • 4) CI 5324 Systems and Models for Gifted and Talented Education
  • 5) CI 5319 Non-Academic and Contextual Factors in Advanced/Gifted Education
  • 6) CI 5351 Creative Teaching, Learning, and Leading in Advanced/Gifted Education
  • 7) CI 5352 Research and Current Topics in Talent Development and Creativity
  • 8) CI 5354 Leadership in Gifted and Talented Education
  • 9) CI 5309 Rethinking Talent and Transformation
  • 10) Advisor-Approved Elective

""This program is a game-changer."

--Lori Schunka, Advanced Academics Curriculum Developer 

Newly Admitted Students

Registration Advising

Newly admitted students should contact the graduate advisor for recommended classes for the first term.  

Schedule Examples

The pacing of this program is up to the student. The standard pacing plan has been designed for students who will be working full time while taking graduate classes. 

Summer Start

Schedule Example for Standard Pacing with Summer Start

Year 1: 

8-weeks Summer: CI 5319 

1st 8-weeks Fall: CI 5308 

2nd 8-weeks Fall: CI 5324  

1st 8-weeks Spring: CI 5351 

2nd 8-weeks Spring: CI 5359 

Year 2: 

8-weeks Summer: CI 5354

1st 8-weeks Fall: CI 5352

2nd 8-weeks Fall: Advisor-Approved Elective (e.g., EDTC 5310)

1st 8-weeks Spring: CI 5383

2nd 8-weeks Spring: CI 5309 

 

Schedule Example for Accelerated Pacing with Summer Start

8-weeks Summer: CI 5319 & CI 5354

1st 8-weeks Fall: CI 5308 & CI 5352

2nd 8-weeks Fall: CI 5324 & Advisor-Approved Elective (e.g., EDTC 5310)

1st 8-weeks Spring: CI 5351 & CI 5383

2nd 8-weeks Spring: CI 5359 & CI 5309

 

Fall 8A Start

Schedule Example for Standard Pacing with Fall Start in First 8-Weeks Term

Year 1: 

1st 8-weeks Fall: CI 5308 

2nd 8-weeks Fall: CI 5324  

1st 8-weeks Spring: CI 5351 

2nd 8-weeks Spring: CI 5359 

8-weeks Summer: CI 5319 

Year 2: 

1st 8-weeks Fall: CI 5352

2nd 8-weeks Fall: Advisor-Approved Elective (e.g., EDTC 5310)

1st 8-weeks Spring: CI 5383

2nd 8-weeks Spring: CI 5309 

8-weeks Summer: CI 5354

 

Schedule Example for Accelerated Pacing with Fall Start in First 8-Weeks Term

1st 8-weeks Fall: CI 5308 & CI 5352

2nd 8-weeks Fall: CI 5324 & Advisor-Approved Elective (e.g., EDTC 5310)

1st 8-weeks Spring: CI 5351 & CI 5383

2nd 8-weeks Spring: CI 5359 & CI 5309

8-weeks Summer: CI 5319 & CI 5354